Tag: Industries

Essential Connection Does it All

A new technology firm in Centerton is offering it all, from network cabling design and installation, to computer and cabling training, and certification.

Local Girl Starts Bookkeeper Plus

Mary E. Goldsbary is a Rogers hometown girl who couldn?t wait to leave the city.

Howerton to Launch Outdoors Magazine

Eric Howerton, a freelance writer and former photographer at the Northwest Arkansas Times, plans to launch Get Out Magazine on March 24.

Addy Banquet Set for Feb. 22

The 2003 Northwest Arkansas Advertising Federation Addy awards banquet will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 22 at the UARK Bowl in Fayetteville.

Free-Trade Agreements Worry Poultry Industry

The chicken industry is keeping an eagle eye on what the United States government is doing with foreign free trade agreements.

AERT Records $11.2M in Sales

Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. announced on Jan. 10 that it had unaudited gross sales for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 of $11.2 million.

J.B. Hunt Rises After Neutral Buy

Shares of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell were downgraded Jan. 7 by Credit Suisse First Boston.

Tyson Foods? Boss Received $3.5M Bonus

It?s been well-reported that John Tyson ? president, chairman and CEO of Tyson Foods Inc. ? received a 67 percent bonus increase to $3.5 million for the company?s fiscal year ended Sept. 28.

Wal-Mart Shows Modest Sales Spike

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said sales at stores open at least a year rose only 2.3 percent in December, as weakness at its Sam’s Club warehouse unit and a slow start to the holiday season dragged on results.

Rogers Church Adds to Facility

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Rogers recently purchased a building permit valued at $1.19 million to add to its facilities.

Feds Put Usury Limit in Legal Limbo

If Arkansas? constitutional restriction on usury wasn?t problematic enough, a recent change in the Federal Reserve?s monetary policy has left the state without a clear definition of the allowable interest rate that can be charged by non-bank lenders.

From Commercials to Sitcoms: Video Companies Cover it All in Northwest Arkansas

Northwest Arkansas companies have the latest technology at their fingertips when it comes to video production, and everything from corporate benefit films to sitcoms are being produced locally.

Magnolia Unsure if Wal-Mart Helps, Hurts

Like many communities across the country, Magnolia has greeted the impending arrival of a Wal-Mart Supercenter with mixed emotions.

AWA Spreads West

Athletic World Advertising has leased the 30th floor at Tulsa?s CityPlex Towers, the tallest building in Oklahoma, for an expansion that will add 40 new sales positions there.

Good Tulsa Time-ing

The timing is perfect for AWA, the world?s largest producer of high school and college sports schedule posters.

And a Swoosh

NIKE has named AWA as the official schedule poster company of its NIKE Coach of the Year Clinics Inc.

Deposit Express

First National Bank of Springdale received approval in early January from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for an innovative plan to grow its commercial client base.

Cutting Edge Museum

A.G. Russell Knives is planning to open a new museum early in 2004.

Doobie or Not Doobie

The Alliance for Reform of Drug Policy in Arkansas Inc. was miffed on Jan. 15 after the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette refused to publish its advertisement for medical marijuana.

The Region’s Largest Newspapers, Advertising Agencies

The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s lists of the region’s largest newspapers and advertising agencies.

AG Griffin donates $1 million to U.S. Marshals Museum fundraising campaign

Groundwater extractions in parts of the state remain above sustainable levels

Rules established on pesticide use in fight with feral hogs

Centennial Bank names Campbell as in-house corporate counsel